Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.
Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union. The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl.
The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
又一个惊悚+动作的王牌团队诞生了，前作的编剧和导演身份对调，原导演盯完剧本让编剧执导，本作导演帮忙他弄完明年上映的《巨兽启示录》剧本后专心执导今年这部，这档期编排满分，费德·阿尔瓦雷兹显然作为导演更擅长结构和惊悚类型的拍摄，所以华纳用他做怪兽片，接档并对抗环球的侏罗纪世界，罗多·赛亚格斯则显然在主题和烘托主题的视觉传达更有想法，所以本作呈现出更为中庸的商业片趋势，可以说相当期待这个团队继续壮大
太简单粗暴了，根本没有“屏住呼吸”的悬念紧张感，猛男配少女配狗狗，机器人写的狗血剧本。史蒂芬朗真老了。
与其说是女版《大叔》不如说是韩国女版《非常人贩》，拍的一般吧，让人记忆深刻的点也就只有女主开车的几个场景吧！
时隔6年的续作，有点失望，对比前作，这部完全成了一部动作虐杀血腥电影，虽然90分钟全程无尿点，气氛节奏都不错，但是感觉这部完全就是搪塞
片中萝莉在房子里和坏人捉迷藏的伪长镜头拍得还不错，只是萝莉实在太丑，动作场景也拍得稀巴烂。
美国警察都干嘛去了呢，本以为最后有警察出场营救小女孩，可她居然自己去孤儿院报道了，好像老爷子还活着，期待第三部回归密室系列吧！
再次怀疑退伍老兵诺曼是不是因为眼睛瞎了所以其它的感官都进化了？尤其是那如同蝙蝠超音波定位的技能，实在是令普通人望尘莫及。再加上他开挂的敏捷身手、始终有主角光环护体，让我全程基本不担心他会中途被杀。原先有点意外高潮的编排，没想到主创竟然主动放弃这棵摇钱树了？结果结尾的彩蛋暗示依然还有拍续集的可能。
有長文影評。盲翁在自己家園充分掌握地理環境，得以單靠聽覺與歹徒鬥智鬥勇，易如反掌地鎖定歹徒位置，並靈活運用家中的不同道具擊退敵人，縱然把女孩困在「大型密室」內實屬反智做法，但前半段「大宅躲貓貓」戲碼總算能延續第一集營造的壓迫氛圍，依舊緊張得暫時停止呼吸。
PS：另外我想知道故事到底发生在哪个地方，到底是完全没有警察和消防，还是都选择性失踪了。。。╮(╯▽╰)╭
最后半小时逻辑上很是牵强。这是一个妈杀女、爸杀妈、爸杀爸、女杀爸的故事
没劲，还是封闭空间动作打斗那一套。结尾重现了魔山VS红毒蛇的扣眼戏码。血浆挺多，但整体意思不大。
第二部成了没有新意的同犯罪分子的电影。还是希望第一部的bitch出来受死。千万不要有第三部了。不屏住呼吸好像完全没有问题。
这个剧本不规矩？？？这个剧本不规矩，基本上没有什么剧本是规矩的了。
和前作完全两种风格，不是恐怖片，嗯，不是。
素丹上次綜藝駕駛露營車已經覺得很帥，今次飆車加動作場面，加多一星。
第一部差不多忘光，续集就当纯粹血腥动作片来看挺好
这不还挺好的吗，女孩在房间躲避戏的调度紧张感十足。
很过瘾的R级动作片，这种电影只要剧情设定不太离谱，整得爽就完成任务了，而这部已经超出预期，剧情有惊喜，动作部分也很流畅很爽，棒
这就是《大叔》、《玩命快递》和《这个杀手不太冷》的结合体。很成功的商业片，单眼皮女主有点像金高银，车技一流又酷又飒。
题外话，好心领养个弃童，却惨遭弃童亲生父亲的袭击和灭门…对领养家庭很不友善呢。通过刘学州自杀事件，也确实更具体的认识到，不是所有的亲生父母都会爱自己的小孩这件事实。但是电影里的亲生父亲明明要活摘孩子的心脏却不允许手下在孩子面前杀人，人设情感不太一致呢？亲生母亲也很逗，先来一个温馨相认，然后又翻脸"宝贝，给我你的心脏"?！约末看到40分钟就猜到结局了，由于两边都不是好人，所以一定会两败俱伤，然后小女孩终于去到自己向往的福利院。瞎眼退役老兵在这一集的反杀特别牵强。如果说唯一从这一部学到的道理应该就是:不要背叛你的狗狗。
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